The Elements of Innovation Discovered
The Elements of Innovation Discovered
Swedish team use leafy greens to reclaim valuable materials Metal Tech News - October 23, 2023
When recycling batteries, typically, they are ground into coarse granules or fine powder of the various materials that comprise a battery before being separated using various chemicals. Due to the large quantities of graphite, the residual comes out black and is called black mass by industry.
A new study out of Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, presents a possible new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric vehicle batteries that uses an organic compound found naturally in plants – oxalate.
Before the push for clean energy or renewable technologies, methods to recycle metal operated much like manufacturing metal, melting it. However, due to the carbon-intensive...
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